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Take Ramaphosa’s NHI promises with a pinch of salt and a few pills
23rd April 2024 Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement that the National Health Insurance (NHI) will put an end to the “apartheid that prevails in the health care... →
Truce crumbles in Sudanese army's last Darfur holdout
By: Reuters 23rd April 2024 Attacks around the Sudanese city of al-Fashir have shattered a truce that protected it from a year-old war, leading to warnings of a new wave of... →
New green hydrogen trading base uplifting platinum group metals demand outlook
By: Martin Creamer 23rd April 2024 The green hydrogen sector now has a digital platform on which users can buy and sell green hydrogen by the click of a button, it was announced on... →
Beyond survival in displacement: rights essential for wellbeing
23rd April 2024 Wellbeing is not just a luxury to be enjoyed in times of peace or prosperity, but also a fundamental right during crisis. But, within a... →
Zuma’s party wants to nationalise land, mines in South Africa 
By: Bloomberg 23rd April 2024 South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma’s newly formed party vowed to nationalise land and banks, withdraw from the International Criminal Court... →
South Africa’s security forces once brutally entrenched apartheid. It’s been a rocky road to reform
22nd April 2024 One of the important tasks that faced South Africa’s democratic government after 1994 was to reform the apartheid-era security apparatus. The... →
Zimbabwe’s new ZiG doomed by overall lack of transparency
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd April 2024 Economic mismanagement has stripped citizens’ trust in the government and threatens the new currency’s viability. The struggle to stabilise... →
Ramokgopa describes IPP surpluses as low-hanging fruit amid delay in finding contractual solution 
By: Terence Creamer 22nd April 2024 Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa describes surplus electricity arising from existing renewable energy facilities as “low hanging fruit”... →
